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December 31 New Year's Eve: Bisperas ng Bagong Taon (Last Day of the Year/Eve of the new Year) Fixed Special working This holiday, which marks the conclusion of the civil year, is between two regular holidays, Rizal Day, and New Year's Day. This holiday is a special non-working day every December 31. E.O. No. 292 [18]
December 30, 1898. Rizal Day ( Spanish: Día de Rizal, Filipino: Araw ni Rizal; Tagalog: [riˈsal]) is a Philippine national holiday commemorating life and works of José Rizal, a national hero of the Philippines. It is celebrated every December 30, the anniversary of Rizal's 1896 execution at Bagumbayan (present-day Rizal Park) in Manila .
April 3 – 8, Ice hockey – The Philippines hosts its first International Ice Hockey Federation -sanctioned event, the top division of the 2018 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia at the SM Mall of Asia ice skating rink in Pasay, Metro Manila. [ 79] Mongolia emerges as champions with Thailand finishing in second place.
In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Eve, also known as Old Year's Day, is the evening or the entire day of the last day of the year, 31 December. In many countries, New Year's Eve is celebrated with dancing, eating, drinking, and watching or lighting fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service.
December 31 – After 43 years, ... 2018, the government announced at least 18 Philippine holidays for 2019 as declared by virtue of Proclamation No. 555, series of ...
Christmas ( Filipino: Pasko; [pɐsˈkɔʔ]) [ a] is one of the biggest holidays in the Philippines. As one of the two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia, the Philippines celebrates the world's longest Christmas season (Filipino: Kapaskuhan ); [ 1][ 3] Christmas music is played as early as August. [ 4]
Families enjoy the New Year by counting down to midnight on New Year's Eve on 31 December. North Koreans celebrate the New Year's Day holiday on the first day of the Gregorian calendar, 1 January. This New Year's Day, also called Seollal, is a big holiday in North Korea, while they take a day off on the first day of the Korean calendar.
On August 18, 2016, the government announced at least 19 Philippine holidays for 2017 as declared by virtue of Proclamation No. 50, series of 2016. Note that in the list, holidays in italics are "special non-working holidays," those in bold are "regular holidays," and those in non-italics and non-bold are "special holidays for schools."